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Second Sight Adam Mars-Jones

Second Sight By Adam Mars-Jones

Second Sight by Adam Mars-Jones


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Summary

Adam Mars-Jones guides us through his entire career as viewer and film critic.

Second Sight Summary

Second Sight: The Selected Film Writing of Adam Mars-Jones by Adam Mars-Jones

The film review can be a little art form, not just a consumer guide, as this collection shows. Covering more than 30 years of film releases, celebrated critic Adam Mars-Jones guides us through the most entertaining, most appalling, most fantastic films of his viewing lifetime, interleaving his original film reviews with new insights and reflections. Mars-Jones answers the questions that no other book has even bothered to ask. What is Twister really about? How many Steven Spielbergs are there? (Spoiler: he counts thirteen). How many of them are worth anything? Who had the greatest slow-burn career in the movies. (Clue: he taught Montgomery Clift how to roll a cigarette.) Which science-fiction film features the most haunting use of slime? Funny, combative and revealing, Second Sight is a celebration of the art form that maintains the strongest hold on the modern imagination.

Second Sight Reviews

"Mars-Jones's Second Sight, a collection of film journalism from across thirty years, became an instant candidate for my desert island book."--Leo Robson "New Statesman, Books of the Year"

About Adam Mars-Jones

Adam Mars-Jones is Research Professor in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. He was the first film reviewer for the Independent (1986-1997) and currently writes on film for the Times Literary Supplement. His books include the novels Pilcrow (2008) and Cedilla (2011), and the 2015 memoir Kid Gloves (2015).

Additional information

CIN1789141540VG
9781789141542
1789141540
Second Sight: The Selected Film Writing of Adam Mars-Jones by Adam Mars-Jones
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Reaktion Books
2019-09-16
352
N/A
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